House Agent
You have sworn fealty to one of the great Guilds or Merchant Houses. Your main task is to serve as the eyes of your house, but you could be called on at any time to act as its hand. Such missions can be perilous but lucrative.
Skill Proficiencies[edit]
Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency[edit]
Two proficiencies from the House Tool Proficiencies table
Equipment[edit]
A set of fine clothes, House signet ring or other identifying item, identification papers, 1 tool kit from the proficiencies from this background, and a purse containing 20 gp.
Feature: House Connections[edit]
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When the house assigns you a mission, it will usually provide you with the necessary supplies and transportation. Beyond this, you have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in your house, and you may encounter one of them when you interact with a house business. The degree to which such acquaintances are willing to help you depends on your current standing in your house.
| Your House | House Specialties | Proficiencies | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Sunglimmer | Prospecting, treasure hunting, exotic trade goods | Disguise kit and thieves' tools | Luminaux |
| House Moradin | Food, lodging, urban information | Brewer's supplies and cook's utensils | Mt. Daneasus |
| Guild of the Iron Rose | Land and rail transportation | Navigator's tools and vehicles (land) | Wild's Reef |
| House CopperWire | Communication, translation, information | Calligrapher's tools and forgery kit | Ferrodyne |
| Clan Orien | Sea and air transportation | Navigator's tools and vehicles (sea and air) | Wild's Reef |
| Smith-Cooper Mercantile | Manufacturing | Pick two artisan's tools | Velora |
| Mask and Scroll | Entertainment | Disguise kit and one musical instrument | Luminaux |
| Gnomish Ministry of Engineering | Tinkering, alchemy, artificery | Alchemist's supplies and tinker's tools | Ferrodyne |
| Homesteader's Bank | Banking, agriculture financing, speculation | Cartographer's tools and calligrapher's supplies | Velora |
| Lapidary's Bank | Banking, jewelry, mining | Jeweler's tools and calligrapher's supplies | Mt. Daneasus |